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W. B. BENNETT.

METHOD OF ATTAGHING BUTTONS.

N0. 367,334. Patented July 26', 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FEIcE.

wALTEa EBENNETT, oEEosToN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR To THE MOR EY BUTTONSEWING MACHINE COMPANY, or sAME PLACE.

METHOD OF ATTACHING'BUTTONS' SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 367,334, dated July 26,1887.

Application filed March 30, 1887. Serial No. 233,005. (1\ o model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER E. BENNETT, of the city of Boston, in thecounty-of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new andImproved Method of Attaching Shank-Buttons to Boots, Shoes, and otherFabrics; and I do hereby declare the following to beafull, clear, andexact description of the stitch which secures the button to the fabricand the manner of forming the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to secure shanlcbuttons to boots, shoes,and other fabrics by means of a cord or thread in such a manner as toinsure both strength and neat ness, and I attain this result bymanipulating the thread, as follows: first drawing a loop of threadthrough the fabric outside of the button-eye, then forcing said loopthrough the button-eye and fabric, then drawing another loop of threadthrough the first loop while under the fabric, then drawing the secondloop of thread through the fabric outside the button'eye and throwing itover the body of the button, after which the slack thread under thefabric is pulled with sufficient force to draw the loops snugly throughand about the fabric and button-eye, all of which will hereinafter befully explained.

I will now describe the formation ofmy improved stitch with reference tothe accompanying drawings.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Figure lrepresents the first loop of thread drawn through the'fabricoutside the button- .a completed stitch.

view of a strip of fabric upon which a few buttons have been secured andthen bent C- shaped, so as to clearly show the appearance of my improvedstitch upon both sides of the material. I

A represents the fabric upon which the button is secured. Bis thebutton. 0 is the first or primary loop of thread, and D is the secondaryor looking loop.

In securing a button to the fabric I place it upon the material in aninclined position, so that both the body and shank may rest upon thegoods, as shown in the drawings' I then pull a loop of thread, 0,through the fabric a short distance outside the button eye, as shown inFig. 1. I then force said loop through the buttoneye and fabric in themanner shown in'Fig. 2. I then pull the loop back a short distance pastthe first hole made in the mate'- rial, as shown in Fig. 3. I then pullanother loop of thread, D, through loop 0, as shown in Fig. 4, afterwhich I pull loop D through the fabric outside the button-eye in aboutthe same place loop 0 was drawn through, as

shown in Fig. 5, after which I pass loop D over the body of the button,as shown in Fig. 6, the stitch being completed and the button neatly andstrongly secured to the fabric by exerting sufficient force upon thethread which is under the material to draw the lattermentioned loopsnugly about the two threads which composed the first loop, as shown inFigs. 7 and 8, loop 0 having pre- .viously been drawn snugly about thebase of loop of thread through the material outside

